CANNES -- Magnolia Pictures has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Jennifer Westfeldt's romantic comedy Ira & Abby.
Westfeldt, who made a name for herself writing and starring in 2001's Kissing Jessica Stein, served as exec producer and writer of Ira, which was directed by Robert Cary (Standard Time).
Westfeldt also stars in Ira, the tale of a neurotic New Yorker (Chris Messina) who falls in love with a free spirit (Westfeldt).
The cast includes Frances Conroy, Judith Light, Robert Klein, Jason Alexander, Fred Willard, Chris Parnell and Darrell Hammond.
"We are thrilled to be able to work on this film," said Ray Price, marketing chief at Landmark Theaters, Magnolia's sister company under the 2929 Entertainment banner. "Staking out the comedic travails of sex, love and misunderstanding, Jennifer Westfeldt continues to establish herself as a chronicler of her generation."
The deal was negotiated by Magnolia head of acquisitions Tom Quinn and head of business affairs Jason Janego with Rena Ronson and Phil Alberstat of William Morris Independent and producer Brad Zions.
Westfeldt, who made a name for herself writing and starring in 2001's Kissing Jessica Stein, served as exec producer and writer of Ira, which was directed by Robert Cary (Standard Time).
Westfeldt also stars in Ira, the tale of a neurotic New Yorker (Chris Messina) who falls in love with a free spirit (Westfeldt).
The cast includes Frances Conroy, Judith Light, Robert Klein, Jason Alexander, Fred Willard, Chris Parnell and Darrell Hammond.
"We are thrilled to be able to work on this film," said Ray Price, marketing chief at Landmark Theaters, Magnolia's sister company under the 2929 Entertainment banner. "Staking out the comedic travails of sex, love and misunderstanding, Jennifer Westfeldt continues to establish herself as a chronicler of her generation."
The deal was negotiated by Magnolia head of acquisitions Tom Quinn and head of business affairs Jason Janego with Rena Ronson and Phil Alberstat of William Morris Independent and producer Brad Zions.
- 5/14/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- Jason Alexander and Judith Light have joined Robert Cary's Ira and Abby: A Divorce Comedy, which also will feature cameos from Saturday Night Live vets Darrell Hammond and Chris Parnell. Alexander plays Abby's therapist in the screwball comedy from writer-star Jennifer Westfeldt and producer Brad Zions of Breakout Pictures, the team behind the indie hit Kissing Jessica Stein. Light plays the mother of Ira (Chris Messina, Six Feet Under) opposite Robert Klein as Ira's dad. After a chain of infidelities among the characters, a climactic scene brings the parents of Abby (Fred Willard, Frances Conroy) and Ira and the impulsively wed couple together with their six therapists (including Alexander, Parnell and Peter Hirsch). "It's all pretty loony," said Westfeldt, who recruited her Our Town stage partner Donna Murphy and Stein co-stars Ilana Levine and Peter Hirsch to play therapists.
- 12/8/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Actress-writer Jennifer Westfeldt is reteaming with her Kissing Jessica Stein producer Brad Zions of Breakout Pictures on her script Ira & Abby: A Divorce Story. Director Robert Cary (Anything But Love) will start filming the neurotic screwball comedy, budgeted at around $2.5 million, on Nov. 12 in Manhattan. As the title characters, Westfeldt and Chris Messina (Road) marry on the spur of the moment, leading to a chain of affairs involving their parents (Frances Conroy, Fred Willard and Robert Klein), exes and therapists. Additional casting is expected before the 26-day shoot, said Westfeldt, who executive produces with Jennifer Todd and Ilana Levine, along with co-producer Declan Baldwin. Westfeldt said she hopes to cast other members of the Stein cast as well as six celebrity therapists for cameos in the film's finale.
- 11/2/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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